Cher pleas for Thailand’s Pata Zoo to rehome a gorilla after 30 years living above shopping center

Pop icon and animal activist Cher is on a mission to save Bua Noi, the last remaining gorilla in Thailand, who has spent three decades living above a Thai shopping center. After recently spearheading a successful social media campaign to free ‘world’s loneliest elephant’ from a Pakistani zoo, the 74-year-old revealed she is already working to … Read more

Gorilla tries to help stricken bird in Australian zoo enclosure

Astonishing moment gorilla gently tries to coax injured bird to fly after it lands in its zoo enclosure Visitors to a zoo in New South Wales, South Australia were watching gorillas  One of the gorillas spotted the bird lying down on the grass in the enclosure  The gorilla gently tried for more than a minute … Read more

Gernot the gorilla shows off his gymnastics skills at London Zoo

Roll with it! London Zoo’s five-year-old gorilla Gernot wows visitors with his first roly poly Gernot the gorilla finally completed a forward roll after practising all summer  The five-year-old ape, who lives at London Zoo, rolled over four times in a row He is the youngest member of the zoo’s western lowland gorilla community  Zoo … Read more

Zoo keeper savagely mauled by GORILLA and left with two broken arms, chest and head injuries

Zoo keeper is savagely mauled by a GORILLA in Madrid: Experienced animal trainer is left with two broken arms, chest and head injuries before giant 31-stone ape is tranquillised after horrific attack Woman, 46, rushed to Madrid Clinical Hospital in serious condition this morning  Malabo, 29-year-old gorilla, managed to break through three doors to attack  … Read more

Chip shop boss, 56, who branded a black policeman a ‘gorilla’ is cleared of racial abuse

Notting Hill chip shop boss, 56, who branded a black policeman a ‘gorilla’ is cleared of racial abuse after magistrate finds word referred to officer’s ‘brutish strength’ Rupert Pendered drunkenly attacked his partner Timothy Haigh last December  When officers arrived, he called a black policeman a ‘gorilla,’ the court heard  Pendered cleared of racial abuse … Read more

Gorilla tested for coronavirus after being injured in a fight with his little brother at Zoo Miami

Open wide! Shango the gorilla is given a CORONAVIRUS TEST after being found to have a fever following a fight with his little brother at Zoo Miami A 433-pound gorilla named Shango at Zoo Miami was tested for the coronavirus after he had a low-grade fever and was wounded in a fight earlier this week … Read more

Four hunters face life in prison after killing popular gorilla Rafiki, 25, at Ugandan park 

Poachers kill one of the world’s most famous gorillas Rafiki, 25, by stabbing him to death and face life in prison in Uganda Silverback mountain gorilla Rafiki found stabbed at UNESCO park in Uganda  Four men have been arrested in connection with the gorilla group leader’s death If convicted they could face life imprisonment or … Read more

Robot gorilla ‘spy’ captures the first footage of Silverbacks in Uganda singing for their supper

A pack of Silverback Mountain gorillas in Uganda were caught for the first time on camera performing a supper serenade.  Filmmakers captured the unique ritual by placing a robotic ‘spy’ that resembles a young gorilla deep in the jungle. The team designed the animatronic machine with realistic eye movements, as wild gorillas communicate with each … Read more